~~Welcome~~

I've been a guitarist, guitar teacher, music transcriber, and stringed instrument collector for more than 40 years. I play fingerstyle acoustic guitar in folk, ragtime, jazz, and blues styles, as well as acoustic slide guitar. My latest product is a book of transcriptions of ten Wayne Henderson solo guitar pieces, published by Hal Leonard as "Bluegrass Guitar--Ten Solo Classics for Flatpicking and Fingerstyle."

Music Books

In 2006, I completed a tablature book of all the songs from Wayne Henderson's solo guitar CD Made & Played. You can order a copy from Elderly Instruments.

In December of 2009, Hal Leonard Corporation published a book of ten of my transcriptions of Wayne's tunes, with an accompanying CD: Bluegrass Guitar--Ten Solo Classics for Flatpicking and Fingerstyle. Six of the tunes are from Made & Played, and are therefore included in the earlier tab book. Four of the tunes are outtakes from Made & Played, so this is the first time they've been available on CD. The tab to one of the tunes, "Lime Rock," was in the Made & Played tab book, but the tabs to three others--"Snowflake Reel," "Fisher's Hornpipe," and "Twinkle Little Star"--have never been published before. The book is available at a variety of music and book stores, including Amazon.

Recordings and Videos

I've made a lot of solo guitar recordings and a few videos over the years. Go to this page to listen to sound clips and to this one to check out my videos.

Bio

I was born and raised in central Illinois. In addition to my life-long musical activities, I worked for many years at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Peace Corps, including service as a volunteer in Togo, West Africa. I retired from Federal service in 2005 and now work as a management consultant, musician, and as a board member of a charitable non-profit organization. My wife and I live in the Washington, DC area with a frequently changing cast of foster dogs.